After 60 years, Mary Lou Davis Is Finally 'Finished'
Davis started career in 1955 for Bill Young and Company; she has worked for Plating Specialists for the past 23 years.
After nearly 60 years of helpful service to surface finishing customers, MaryLou Davis from Plating Specialists in Greater Cincinnati retired effective October 31.
Davis started her career in the finishing industry in 1955 when she went to work for Bill Young and Company, where she worked until the company closed in 1987. She worked for other finishing companies before going to work for Plating Specialists, where she has been for the past 23 years.
"Mary Lou dedicated 23 years to helping us grow our business into what we are today," said Plating Specialists President Robert Greene. "We will miss her endearing smile, her quiet way of teaching those of us behind her and her true sense of friendship here in the office. She is someone who cannot be replicated. A true gem."
Plating Specialists is having a company-wide dinner in her honor on November 5.
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